I skimmed this guys chapter on spooks. He seems to imply spook

>>2145177
If you havent realised it people often say things they dont believe in themselves here. Yes, people acting stupid on 4chan, unheard of but i assure you, it happens.

>>2145177
I fully understand that the term "spook" does not apply to everything I use it for, but I find the notion of dismissing any argument by referring to its central point as being a "spook" to be humorous, even when it doesn't really work within the parameters of what a "spook" actually is.

>>2145177
People on this board use the word spook when they're butthurt that someone holds something dear.

Spooks are social abstracts that are subscribed to, or given high (almost religious) value, without any functional justification to it (in the egoist sense).
eg:
>The nation-state is a spook
correct
>organised labour is a spook
incorrect

>>2145290
Could you explain egoism to me? I plan to read all of The Ego and His Own but want to have some idea of what I'm getting into. I remember a thread a while back comparing egoism to Taoism which was pretty interesting.

>>2145177
Collective idenities are retarded regardless of their spookhood

>>2145319
Read this
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/max-stirner/#2
It's brief and to the point

TLDR: That wich pleases the ego is preferable

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>>2145290
>>The nation-state is a spook
>correct
>>organised labour is a spook
>incorrect
Did you even read stirner? Or do you just parrot whatever your marxist prof says?

>>2145376
How would organised labour be spooky?
It's perfectly in line with egoist principles

>>2145324
Thx. I'm gonna read it, but will I risk falling into nihilism?

>>2145393
stirner is not a nihilist in that sense

>>2145324
This is decent, cheers laddo

>>2145388
>implying scabs are not acting on behalf of their egoist interest